188 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1963 



History 



Historic Annapolis Historic Annapolis, Inc., Annapolis, Md. 



Civil War Drawings III American libraries; Library of Con- 

 gress, Washington, D.O. 



The Old Navy, 1776-1860 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde 



Park, N.Y. ; National Archives, Wash- 

 ington, D.C. 



STAFF ACTIVITIES 



Special services were performed under contracts with Keyes Porter 

 and Delight Hall, Unfortunatel}^, death prevented the completion of 

 a study begun by the late George C. Groce, author. 



Contracts were let for the relining and restoring by Harold F. Cross 

 of the following : 



Portrait of a Lady, by Abbott H. Thayer (1849-1921) ; Her Leisure Hour, by 

 Irving Wiles (1861-1948) ; John Tyler (1790-1862), by G. P. A. Healy (1808- 

 94) ; Sundoion, by George Inness (1825-94) ; Large Landscape, by Thomas 

 Barker (1769-1847) ; Adoration of the Kings, by Bernard Van Orley (1485/93- 

 1542) ; Lady in White (No. 1), hy Thomas AV. Dewing (1851-1938) ; Lady in 

 White (No. 2), by Thomas W. Dewing (1851-1938) ; The Happy Mother, by Max 

 Bohm (1868-1923) ; Cardinal, by Titian (1477-1576) ; and Mrs. Houston, by 

 Thomas W. Dewing (1851-1938). 



Henri G. Courtais contracted for renovation of the following 

 paintings : 



Venetian Scene, by Francesco de Guardi (1712-93) ; Windstorm, by John 

 Constable (1776-1837) ; Portrait of Thomas Hopkinson (1709-51), by Robert 

 Feke (1705/24-1750/69) ; The Great Western, by William Marsh (ac. 1844-58) ; 

 Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), attributed to Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828); The 

 Smoker, by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) ; Mrs. Rohert Wetmore, by Henry 

 Inman (1802-46) ; New Year's Shooter, by George Luks (1867-1933) ; Head of a 

 Young Woman (Lconori), by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) ; Water 

 Carriers, Venice, by Frank Duveneck (1848-1919) ; John Gellatly (1853-1931), 

 by Irving R. Wiles (1861-1948) ; The Sermon, by Gari Melchers (1860-1932) ; and 

 The Holy Family, with St. Elizabeth, by Peter Paul Rubens ( 1577-1640) . 



Nine original sketches executed under the Work Projects Adminis- 

 tration were restored and remounted by Istvan P. Pfeiffer. Mr. Pfeif- 

 fer gilded frames for the following paintings : Landscape loith Fig- 

 ures, by Thomas W. Dewing (1851-1038) ; Lady in White {No. l),hy 

 Thomas W. Dewing (1851-1938) : and Head of a Young Woinan 

 (Lconori), by James A. McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). 



A physical inventory of paintings, sculptures, and prints accessioned 

 by the National Collection of Fine Arts and a catalog listing of same 

 were begun by staff members. 



In addition to the approximately 20,500 requests for information 

 received by mail and telephone, inquiries made in person at the office 

 numbered 1,680. In all, 302 works of art were examined by the staff 

 members. 



